pintado
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of pintado
1595–1605; < Portuguese, past participle of pintar to paint < Vulgar Latin *pinctus painted. See pinta
Example Sentences
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In the afternoon, our old companions the pintado peterels began to appear.
From A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2 by Cook, James
Of the pintado birds, our people, as I have before observed, caught no less than seven hundred in one night.
At this time, we were in the latitude of 28° 6' S., and our longitude was 198° 23' E. Here we saw some pintado birds, being the first since we left the land.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert
Many hundreds of the white-rumped mhorr browsed on it undisturbed, and the pintado and the partridge seemed to be without end.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
The last pintado left us 240 miles within the tropics to follow an outward-bound vessel.
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